Amira_(name)

Amira (name)

Amira (name)

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Amira (also spelled Emira or Ameera) Amirah (Arabic: أميرة) (Hebrew: אֲמִירָה ) is an Arabic female given name, meaning "princess ",[1] a Hindi name meaning “princess” or “high born girl,” (derived from Arabic) [2] and a Hebrew female given name, meaning 'treetop' or 'saying'.[3]

Variant forms include: Emira, Ameera, Ameerah, Amirah, and Meera.

Usage

The name sees usage mainly in North Africa, West Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

First name / given name

Fictional characters

  • Amira Masood, also Shah, fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Emira Blight, a fictional character from the American animated television series The Owl House

Middle name

Surname

  • Efraim Amira, Israeli football (soccer) player
  • Ibn Amira, or Ahmad ibn Abd Allah Ibn Amira, the 12th-century historian, poet, and scholar of law from al-Andalus during the reign of the Almohad dynasty

See also


References

  1. "Amira". Think Baby Names.

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